This mellow affair is one of the spring's hottest tickets: Four decades after their first shows together at L.A.'s famed Troubadour club, King and Taylor have linked up for this cross-country tour, a greatest hits concert that features ample material from King's "Tapestry" and Taylor's catalog of familiar fare. Performing onstage together -- as they do on the just-released "Live at the Troubadour" album -- the two deliver a lengthy, intermission-punctuated show with the band that backed them both in the '70s: guitarist Danny Kortchmar, bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel. It's a feel-good night designed to get the nostalgia flowing. 7:30 p.m., the Palace of Auburn Hills, I-75 at exit 81. 248-377-0100. $39.50-$79.50.
FRIDAY: Eddie Money
Like 9 p.m. sunsets and orange barrels on the freeway, here's a sure sign that Michigan summer has come knocking. Just as he's done nearly every year for two decades, the affable Money kicks off the DTE season with his show of well-weathered classic rock. Opening is 22-year-old daughter Jesse Money, a bluesy rock singer who will also sing backup during her dad's set. 7:30 p.m., DTE Energy Music Theatre, I-75 at exit 89. 248-377-0100. $10, $34.50.
SATURDAY: 50 Cent
The New York rapper with the tight Detroit ties gets the Chene Park season off to a lively start. Fiddy, a frequent presence here when he first emerged with a boost from Eminem, hasn't appeared on a Detroit stage in five years. He arrives as part of an ongoing tour in support of last fall's "Before I Self Destruct." In the opening slot is fellow G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks. 8 p.m., Chene Park Amphitheatre, 2600 E. Atwater, Detroit. 313-393-7128. $32-$67.
Diana Ross
It's homecoming time in the city where old friends are still apt to call her Diane. Returning to a venue that should have a big spot in her heart -- scene of so many Motown revues back in the day -- Ross sashays into the Fox for her first Detroit-proper show since 2004. The music will be sweetened with orchestral strings in this career retrospective, running the gamut from early Supremes stuff on up. 8 p.m., Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit. 313-983-6611. $48-$88.